Folding bed-couch.



No. 665,139, aunted Jan. I, 1901."

(No Model.)

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HARRY J. DASCHBACH, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING BED-COUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,189, dated January 1, 1901. Application at April 11, 1900. Serial No. 12.s91. (No model.)

T aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY J. DAsoHBAcH,

useful improvements in couches, and more at the center thereof; and the invention consists, essentially, in providing two equal independent seotions, one of which is stationary and has suitable supportinglegs and the other of which sections is movable and is adapted to fit upon the stationary section and when removed therefrom to be supported on a plane therewith. A pair of slotted supporting-legs are pivotally secured to the movable section, and keepers are also secured to this section to receive the upper ends of said su pporting-legs when the latter are in the supporting position, together with a rotatable rod arranged in the lower section, with means connected to said rod and movable section for forming a sliding hinge connection between the sections. r v

The invention further consistsin constructing a couch of this character which will be extremely simple'in construction, strong, durable, efficient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention finally consists in providing novelconstruction,combination, and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved couch. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof,

showing the sections extended forming a bed, and also showing in dotted lines the upper section mounted upon the lower section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the :hinge connection broken away at the center thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the plate carrying the lug for supportingthe hinge connection. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the plate carrying the pin or stud to prevent the sections sagging at the center thereof when extended. Fig. 6 is a modified form of hinge for connecting the two sections of the couch. I

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 indicates the lower or stationary section of my improved couch, which is substantially rectangular in contour and is provided with a series of supporting-legs 2 and atone" side thereof with a longitudinally-extending' supporting-rod 3, which is adapted to rotate and extends through the section 1 and has secured to each end, by means of bolts 4, elongated bars 5, each provided with a suitable slot 6, the rod 3 and bars 5 forming the hinge connection between the lower or stationary sections 1 and the upper or movable section 7 of the couch. The upper or movable section 7 is provided at each end with a headed stud or pin 8, which operates within the slot of the bars 5, and'the section is further provided at each end with a plate 9, having arranged centrally thereof on its outer face a supporting pin or stud 10lor preventing the saggingof the sections when the same are extended. The pin 10 engages the top edge of the bars 5. The plate 9 is provided with a series of openings 11 to receive suit-able fastening means securing the plate to each end of the couch. One side of the section 7, at each end thereof, has suitably secured thereto an eye 12 to re- .ceive the upper end of the supporting-leg 13.

The supporting-leg 13 when in an inoperative position is secured within the keeper 14. The supporting-legs are each provided with a slot 15, in which operates a stud or pin 16 for securing the legs to the side of the sections, as shown, and to permit of adjusting the legs to a-supporting position, as will be seen in Fig. 2. Secured to each end of the lower section 1 is a bearing-plate 18, provided centrally with an opening 19, in which is arranged the ends of the rod 3. The one corner of the bearing-plate 18 is provided with a lug 20, which engages the lower edge of the bars 5 when the sections are extended.

Assuming that the couch is in position as shown in Fig. 1, when it is desired to extend the same the legs 13 are adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the section 7 is lifted off the section 1, and owing to the slot 6, formed in the bar 5, the latter will be permitted to slide upon the pin 8 and assume the position as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. \Vhen it is desired to place the section 7 in position as shown in Fig. l, the legs 13 are arranged as illustrated in said figure and the section 7 lifted upon the section 1, the hinge connection assuming the position illustrated therein.

In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 6 the elongated bar 21 for connecting the two sections together is of different construction from that of the bar 6, for the reason that the bar 6 is provided with an elongated slot, which is dispensed with when using the bar 21. The bar 21 is pivoted just past the center of the end of the upper section of the couch, as at 22, so that when eX- tending the movable section it will not be necessary to slide the movable section toward the stationary section, as would be the case if the end of the bar 21 were connected to the upper section in the same manner as the bar 6. By this modified form the pin 8 is dispensed with. Otherwise the construction is the same as heretofore referred to, the same reference-numerals being applied thereto.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved couch can be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,-

what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined bed and couch comprising in its construction two equal independent sections one of which is stationary and provided with suitable supporting-legs and the other of which is movable and adapted to fit upon the stationary section to be supported upon a plane therewith, combined with a pair of slotted supporting-legs pivotally secured to the movable section, keepers secured to said movable section and adapted to receive the upper-ends of said pivoted supporting- 2. A combined bed and couch comprising Y in .its construction two equal independent sections one of which is stationary and provided with suitable supporting-legs and the other of which is movable and adapted to fit upon the stationary section to be supported upon a plane therewith, combined with a pair of slotted supporting-legs pivotally secured to the movable section, keepers secured to said movable section and adapted to receive the upper end of said pivoted supporting-legs to hold the latter in a supporting position, a longitudinally-extending rod arranged in the lower section and adapted to rotate, an elongated bar secured to each end of said rod and provided with a suitable slot, means connected to the movable section and adapted to operate in each of said bars for connecting the latter to the movable section, and means for supporting said bars when the movable section is arranged upon the same plane of the stationary section.

3. A combined bed and couch comprising in its construction two equal independent sections one of which is stationary and provided with suitable supporting'legs and the other of which is movable and adapted to fit upon the stationary section to be supported upon the plane therewith, combined with a pair of slotted supporting-legs pivotally secured to the movable section, keepers secured to said movable section and adapted to receive the upper end of said pivoted supporting-legs to hold the latter in a supporting position, a longitudinally-extending rod arranged in the lower section and adapted to rotate, means connected to said rod and said movable section for forming asliding hinge connection between the two sections, and means for supporting the hinge connection to prevent the sagging of the sections when the movable section is arranged upon the same plane as the stationary section.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signatn re in the presence of two witnesses. HARRY J. DASGIIBAGII.

Witnesses:

JOHN NoLAND, N. L. BOGAN. 

